Saracino, Daniele (2024) Understanding solidarity in the European Union: an analytical framework. Theory and Society: renewal and critique in social theory. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09566-3
Saracino, Daniele (2024) Understanding solidarity in the European Union: an analytical framework. Theory and Society: renewal and critique in social theory. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09566-3
Saracino, Daniele (2024) Understanding solidarity in the European Union: an analytical framework. Theory and Society: renewal and critique in social theory. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09566-3
Abstract
Solidarity is a key concept in the European Union. However, the concept of solidarity lacks systematic theoretical examination to enable a sufficient understanding of its contextual meaning and to provide an operationalisable benchmark for analysis. To address this research gap, I propose an analytical framework for solidarity in the European Union that features four necessary conditions: particularity, instrumentality, reciprocity, and responsibility. I develop the framework through a transdisciplinary conceptual history approach, substantiated with a thorough document and legal analysis of European integration and CJEU case law. I demonstrate the robustness and validity of the proposed framework by using EU asylum policy as a test case, a field where the question of solidarity is notoriously salient, which is exemplified by an area-specific expression of the concept: fair sharing of responsibility between the EU member states. Moreover, I show that the EU’s solidarity principle is necessary to maintain the bloc’s raison d’être.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Solidarity; European Union; Asylum policy; Conceptual history; Analytical framework |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2024 14:04 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 14:04 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38791 |
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